Former NFL running back Peyton Hillis is in intensive care after a swimming accident, according to a report.

KNWA in Arkansas reports that Hillis was taken to the hospital by helicopter after the accident, which took place in Pensacola, Florida. Hillis went into the water to save his children from drowning. His children are OK.

After playing his college football at Arkansas, Hillis was a seventh-round draft pick of the Denver Broncos in 2008. After two years in Denver, Hillis was traded to the Cleveland Browns.